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賊 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

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3Junior high level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ゾクぞく · zoku
Kun
—
Meaning
thief; rebel

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

貝 "treasure" with 戎 "arms": one who takes wealth by force — a thief, a rebel.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゾクぞくzoku賊軍ぞくぐん盗賊とうぞく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 海賊かいぞく

    pirate

  • 盗賊とうぞく

    thief; bandit

More words with this kanji

  • 匪賊ひぞく
  • 賊窩ぞくか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

海賊(かいぞく)の話(はなし)を読(よ)んだ。

I read a story about pirates.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading ゾクAll maps

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